For more information about SAS HBAs, see the list of Product Guides in the Host bus adapters category:
https://lenovopress.com/servers/options/hba
Fibre Channel host bus adapters
The following table lists Fibre Channel HBAs that are supported by the x3500 M5 server.
Table 28. Storage adapters
Part number
Feature
code
Description
Maximum
supported (1 CPU / 2 CPUs)
16 Gb Fibre Channel
81Y1668*
A2XU
Brocade 16Gb FC Single-port HBA
4 / 7
81Y1662
A2W6
Emulex 16Gb FC Dual-port HBA
4 / 7
81Y1655
A2W5
Emulex 16Gb FC Single-port HBA
4 / 7
00Y3341
A3KX
QLogic 16Gb FC Dual-port HBA
4 / 7
00Y3337
A3KW
QLogic 16Gb FC Single-port HBA
4 / 7
8 Gb Fibre Channel
46M6050*
3591
Brocade 8Gb FC Dual-port HBA
4 / 7
46M6049*
3589
Brocade 8Gb FC Single-port HBA
4 / 7
42D0494
3581
Emulex 8Gb FC Dual-port HBA
4 / 7
42D0485
3580
Emulex 8Gb FC Single-port HBA
4 / 7
42D0510
3579
QLogic 8Gb FC Dual-port HBA
4 / 7
42D0501
3578
QLogic 8Gb FC Single-port HBA
4 / 7
* Withdrawn from marketing
For more information, see the list of Lenovo Press Product Guides in the Host bus adapters category:
https://lenovopress.com/servers/options/hba
PCIe SSD adapters
The server currently does not support High IOPS SSD adapters.
GPU adapters
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